Seiichi Kita | |
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Native name | 喜多 誠一 |
Born | 20 December 1886 Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 7 August 1947 Khabarovsk, Soviet Union | (aged 60)
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Years of service | 1907–1945 |
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Seiichi Kita (喜多 誠一, Kita Seiichi, December 20, 1886 – August 7, 1947) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Japanese First Area Army from September 1944 until the end of World War II. He died as a prisoner in the Soviet Union.